Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-02


panF q fsw years aRn eompts4a& ~ lf1e
q NMl1Nhm 4mnGeaea, IN kAe ea&21Kn paEf
81 fhs Teffi8uEy, ard b n0w aasnslly 60
rnasd ID oompistinR wha3 h known &c
IA Cascade brnneh. lsadtng 6lssstiy
| frnm PaNno JaBetaoa, rear the Coi1E-
/ BIS FfEsR, IL - sagtsKn paxt of 8he Tar
rssoFY, aaro@ ths C1asa&s rance e
/ moznfnins, % Pues4 Sand. Frum
Pnass Jnnskf1n - Foaz Il alEsa6y &C.,
pisssd - EIensbMEa.
Ths Hsr1hsEn Psstas Railroa1 00m-
pany opena1od wlthsn ~ Tsrxisngy. a
lbs son 81 Sune % lnat yuax. 4sS0
| miles Of EMiiBna&. This did not insfuda
Is miles. frcm Soafh Prairie 10 Eagle
Gorge f6ftfsth mile pegs), which gas
then bMilf awmifin0 neesp1mnse By ths
l6ogpEnmena CommisuiemeszL This pieoe
q rad hae xines heen a1septed. buk 4
4 G1fu u - hen9s 81 - eonsixaetson
dacaftmeuf % thIs company.
On Nay IS 1se6 tks soad was opened
fFrm Yakima % kllsnsbaEz, distance
Of 81 milss. Tkis b IN charge Of ths
Operating department. Ths total mile
49,, shsEefoEs. oWns1 By this eompa1y
within ne Territory d 5i1.9s Of which
- miles IL Gf1li n &c han6s Of thu en-
slruosiqn dspaElmeaA
Tbs spokane q Pa1ouss naiIwsy, from
Marshall gunesisn % Bsimoat, has been
bails daring ths last twelve months;
this was not al e0npistsds however. By
Jane 9osh. 1856 Tk1s branch line has
bnen leansd By The NoFihsrn Paoine
Ct this oompRny beDs 20 have Is hne
1 eompistsa ever ths Cascade M0untsins
u TIE early paFs Of Ne coming year
T1noTl "a 4. -, -...S,,r- n~.~v .llark -,
attain thi1 end.
Ths Spokane 4 PaIooss Railway leaves
the mEin line Of TIE AoFthegu Paoi1e
RaiIFoad a. MaFshail, mans miles wnst ef
8pokane Kalla; thense, Tunninn eaaekF-
waFdly b. gay Of the tewns q 8pAngie,
RosaIia and OAkasdais, terminates a
the town Of Belmont, situate d1e west
Of RaFminetou Ave and half miles. .
distance Of forty three miles from Mar
shall. This portion Of The road has
been oomplsted, and viii be operated o.
| the 1st Of o stobaE. 1855.
The linz viii be oontinnsd nsxt year
70 snake River by ro1ts nos yea def
nitely located. a branch Of the Spo-
kans d PalouBs Railway vii diveFes
fsom The lins at epanRle, twelve miles
aonth az Marshall. and run b. var Of
i the moath Of she Eaiaa Joseph ktveR,
nfonnd the southern snd Of Laks Cosur
d'Alene 10 ne mininR regions or the
south Fork Of the CsaF d'Alsns River,
terminating probably ct Milo. AnosheR
branch viii be constructed from Bel
mont % Ooifax.
The NoEthsrn Paeiao Railroad Osn.
pAny ssld durinR the ascal year ended
June %, 1856, within the Territory, TO-
6l3el aerss Of land: for the previoas
year, 76,b7i 80, an Increase Of 8.089. IS.
In hts late annual report Prssidsnt
| Harris says:
arhs work Of constructing the tunnel
1 Cot the Cascade diviaion), 1.e miles
long, was let January II. 1855. and ID 10
be eomplstsd by the summer Of 1883.
10 order TO get the advantage Of bring
ing into uss she Cascade branch a. early
e possible, ths work II constructing
the forty-ssveo miles from the end Of
the tFack at EllensbuFR 20 the east end
Of the tunnel, and from the snd Of the
TRACK at the vest side Of the mountains
70 the west end Of the tunnel, tweaty-
seven miles, also . sWitchkask over the
mountains, 70 Be used pending the COM
pleiien Of the tunnel. vas let 10 June,
1885. and wtll be eompleted early IN tf.e
winter Of this year, II Unforeseen diff
culfies do not occur, thus opening the
line fer business from the Columbia
River 70 Puget Sound more shan 0 year
In advance Of the complssion Of the
tunnel"
4 Oregon Railway q Navigation CoEa-
area 10 the southeastern portion Of the
Territory, and during the fiscal year
ended June SO, 1885, there will be buill
as miles Of railroad from Colfax 70
Moscow, and 296 miles between Star
beck and Pomerey, making q total Of
] | 81 8 miles constructed daring the year.
. Daring thai year weFk was also CON.
: menced on the branch feem Colfex "a
! Farmiuatou, Q distance Of 27b miles
} This branch has since been completed
J and vas opened for operation on Sep
! sembef 18Th. Tne total railroad mileage
OF this company IN operation &C she end
} of the hsoel year vas has. against ssh
! In the previous year.
: Tue Ooiumbis &Pugst sound Railroad
. Company (narro~ gage), c corporation
auxiliary 10 the Oregon ImpEovemenl
Company, noe has IN operation ~
: miles Of main line. and SIS miles Of sid.
ines, the main line laid With steel rails,
ROAD bed and unperstEuotaro constructed
for standard gage. Tue line from seat
, lie TO franklin, So miles, Gas completed
: January, 1855. The bFaach from Rem
tou 90 Newcastle, 8 miles, has beer
operated for several years. This road
p haals about $4,000 tons Of freight pei
, annum, and noe opens ons Of the mosl
! valuable coal Ael9s yet discovered IL
. she Territory. IL 10 Intended to connect
this road With the Northern Paeino Rail.
: road at What is called toe ''Common
Point" which can be done BY an oasy
and practicable route, Involving the
! construction Of only about miles Of
! additional tfack.
The Puges sound Shore Railroad
} Oompany operates = standard gage road
from Seattle 20 Stack Junctioa, Isl
! miles, IN connection With the Northern
, Pacific Railroad frcm Slaok Junction ts
Tacoma. THIS road opened for bust
! ness October g. 1855, and adeFds Q d..
} rest railway connection from Portland
70 seattle through Tacoma.
Tue q ympiA 4 Qhehalia Valley Rail-
road (naFroW eage), about Is miles In
leneth. eonneots Olympia, % Puget
Sound, with the Northern Paaine Rasl-
read ~ Rsnino.
Other RailroaaA-Ths simbsr indus
try has promoted the Introduction Of
railroads for the purpose OF conveying
loas from the interioF 10 tiaswataf.
Among the most conspicuous Of thsss
10 one in 6nohomiak Csansy, owned By
BlackmAn Brothers; another owned by
the Blakely Mill Company, being aboss
siRht miles in length. and leading from
the headvaseFs Of Puget SoaDd towards
0ray's HsrbsF: and 9 third. m the sane
vioinity, eallsd the Satsop Railroad,
which has about ten milea Of road in
operations. AMI transports monthly about
100000 fees Of LOGS 10 tideweteR a.
ahelton's Point.
During the year ended Sans 30, 1856,
the Satsop kAilFoad Osmpany laid and
nos has IN oeegatioa, i've miles Of
standard case traok. Since thar date
the company has Surveyed ntne miles
more and graded fear miles ready for
track. fhis roaa IL noe usee exel1sfvo-
II foF loRgtng pafposeA A. Ma tide
water tsFminas e ShaltoaAs Point the
company has IN extensive wharf and
Warsnoaae. Il b tntsadsd 10 have four-
teen miles Of read In operation by
March l, 1851.
The Bealingham Bay Railroad a Nav.
tgation Company has also protested O
1 lima Of railway noFth yard ffow aamtfla